Example sentences of "standing [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stepped through the sinister half-circle of rajathuks and saw Morthen , standing uneasily at the entrance of the enclosure . |
| 2 | Bernice , Francis and Elaine found him there , standing indecisively at the centre of a crossroads of corridors . |
| 3 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |
| 4 | Celia , standing uncertainly at the door of the nursery while her son was finishing his bottle , had been feeling rather de trop . |
| 5 | The ICC definition of a ‘ fast , short-pitched ball ’ is one which ‘ passes , or would have passed , above the shoulder of the batsman standing upright at the crease ’ . |
| 6 | Oh oh my hair 's standing up at the back of my neck . |
| 7 | The more he thought of the two carpet-baggers standing up at the podium , the more intense the pains in his head became . |
| 8 | I spent the morning sitting on the floor and the afternoon standing up at the shelf . |
| 9 | ‘ Now that it 's over , you 'd expect they 'd start getting things right at last , would n't you ? ’ said Mrs Parvis , standing up at the end of the table to ladle out to her assembled household . |
| 10 | because if he put the bath right in there , I would be standing up at the end of the bath |
| 11 | Marcus , standing now at the foot of the bed , carefully rolled up his sleeves . |
| 12 | Dignity right now seemed a bit optimistic , when she could feel her eyes blurring over with tears , but anything was better than standing here at the foot of the stairs , rooted to the spot and subjected mercilessly to his naked inspection of her . |
| 13 | Standing around at the finish , I remembered all of them . |
| 14 | In daylight the mound is still to be seen and is worth the climb for views of the sea , the plain of Holderness , and the village itself with the church standing proudly at the west end of the village . |
| 15 | They entered the trench , leaving Astorre and Thomas and Pesaro standing silently at the entrance . |
| 16 | She thought she would fall to the floor , or faint , standing there at the mercy of his ravishing mouth , and perhaps he sensed something of her helplessness , because he raised his head again almost immediately . |
| 17 | ‘ I can still remember standing there at the party when that woman Pargeter told me . |
| 18 | Ranteallo was standing nearby at the front of the crowd , urging us on . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's been like that most of the afternoon , ’ Sister Duggan , who was standing by at the foot of the bed , told him . |
| 20 | Of the 50 men questioned 27 knew that Michael Fallon is the Conservative MP and that he is standing again at the election . |
| 21 | Anwar was standing anxiously at the window of Paradise Stores as the Rover turned into the street , stopping outside the library . |